Sparklehorse wrote:Johnny Stones is a world class player, of that there is no doubt. Unfortunately his list of injuries is also world class. We have not had the best of him due to his absences which is a bloody real shame. He passed to Akanji, who should have got rid of it as soon as he saw the challenge coming. Not Sones’ fault. The amount of possession we gave away yesterday was staggering, given that we still had 60 odd % of the ball. These players need a proper kick up the arse. We are becoming a laughing stock and for this team and these players and this coach it is totally unacceptable given the quality that they’ve showed over the last few years. We are no longer a herd of wildebeest gliding majestically across the plains, we are lemmings falling off a cliff !!!
John Stones is a decent player. He's had some great games for us in between his injuries where he has been very good, some of them excellent. There is plenty of room for doubt when describing him as 'World Class' , he simply cannot string a decent run of games together before he is injured or dropped and that has been his biggest problem. When he arrived from Everton, Stones would regularly drop a bollock , that role has shifted largely to Akanji. Yesterday the pair of them fucked up for the first goal. It was a bad choice from Stones as it put Akanji under pressure but he should have coped. Alas we are talking about Akanji.
Stones defending on the following rout was woeful. Defenders seem to want to drop to a knee and turn away from shots and are scared to get hit, he is not alone , plenty do it these days, but World class players don't. They put their body on the line.
Stones best games are long gone.
I'm avoiding looking at his England cap total because it seems any fucker can run up a decent number of caps these days
